travel agents from selling or refunding tickets of the airline. Two groups of employees petitioned the Curaçao Court of First Instance to declare the airline bankrupt. At a closed hearing on August 30, 2013, a judge issued a preliminary ruling that the company was indeed bankrupt and could not continue. On September 11, the company appealed the ruling of the bankruptcy judgement. On September 19, shortly before the scheduled hearing regarding the bankruptcy judgement, DAE withdrew its objection to the ruling, which reaffirmed the bankruptcy of the company. The Curaçao Civil Aviation suspended their air operator's certificate for a period of 60 days until final judgement and disposition of the company can be determined by the court. This action likely marked to end of Dutch Antilles Express. Livery There were several differences in the liveries of Dutch Antilles Express aircraft. One Fokker 100 was using the newer livery. The other two had the old DAE livery. It is all white and on the tail section it has the DAE logo. The fuselage had the DAE website on it. The planes were planned to be updated with the new livery at the next C-Check. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operated by Falcon Air Express had a newer livery, the fuselage had blue and yellow stripes which represents the waters of the Caribbean from which Curacao forms a part of and the sun, typical of standard Caribbean weather. The engines have Curacao's official logo on it and the aircraft's tail features the O representing the sun from Curaçao's logo. Destinations Dutch Antilles Express served the following destinations, as of July 2013: Fleet The Dutch Antilles Express fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of April 2013: There were plans to eventually replace their Fokker 100s with newer Airbus A319s and Airbus A320s. Historical fleet Past aircraft of The Dutch Antilles Express consisted of the following: See also List of defunct airlines of the Netherlands Antilles References External links Defunct airlines of Curaçao Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2013 Defunct airlines of the Netherlands Antilles 2005 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles Dutch companies disestablished in 2013